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This is pretty much my story too @MelbFlyer. I‘m currently a QF WP nd have just clicked over another year from 1 April 24 to 31 Mar 25. When I was working, I did a lot of long domestic flights, all starting in Canberra, so usually with a connecting leg to SYD, MEL or BNE (so SC from 2 flights, each way). After experiencing the first few trips I always arranged that if the client would not pay for Business class, I would get them to pay flex economy and pay the difference myself. This lead to 15+ years of WP and three magic years as P1. I supplemented these work trips a bit by flights to visit family in QLD, and the occasional overseas leisure trip, some in Y when I had to take the 2 kids and MR Seat 0AI flew a lot during my working life - enough to sustain 20+ years at WP and several at P1, and get LT Gold. Where possible I did structure my travel to maximise SC accumulation. Having access to the P1 team was very handy.
I like a nice experience when I travel, so access to F or equivalent lounges is part of my desire for status. But +1 and I have decided we'll only fly J or F for the rest of our travelling lives, and that obviates the need to chase status. Any future status will be by accident rather than design.
That said, we've still got a lot of QF miles to burn, so we're going for WP through a AONEx later this year. With any luck that may give us some better redemption opportunities next year.
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I’ve been all but retired retired for the past 4 years (since Covid affected my industry) and now travel on my own dime for leisure and to visit overseas family. I retain WP with one DSC J skiing trip each year, usually Japan (about 560 SC) but sometimes USA, and one J visit to Seat Son who lives in the UAE. These trips u fortunately never earn DSC because they are not operated by QF (EK/QF code share) but as it is in fact cheaper or same price to fly to Europe with long stop overs in Dubai each way, I usually still earn 480-500 SC for that. And you can boost th SC by taking QF to SIN or BKK nd then on to DXB on QF to get DSc for that leg, if you can be bothered. The rest of the SC to reach the 1200 required are made up by getting business award sets to the family in QLD and getting SC by being a member of points club.
i also have a couple of million QF points, but so far not much luck being able to use these for International premium reward seats.
i’d like to encourage you - your turn may well come. I’m 63 now and when I was 40ish, I once said to Mr Seat 0A that I would feel wealthy when I could choose to pay for business class flights out of my own pocket. Well, it didn’t happen over night, but it did happen (reference will be understood by other AFFers of my vintage). We enjoyed our family trips, even though they were in Y. And the kids have the travel bug. And after a nasty health scare in 2023, I realise I might only have to self fund for 10-15 more years.